netbox-topology-views 2.0.2

An NetBox plugin to create Topology maps

Netbox Topology Views Plugin

Create topology views/maps from your devices in netbox. The connections are based on the cables you created in netbox. Support to filter on name, site, tag and device role.

Preview

Install

The plugin is available as a Python package and can be installed with pip.

Run pip install netbox-topology-views in your virtual env.

To ensure NetBox Topology Views plugin is automatically re-installed during future upgrades, create a file named local_requirements.txt (if not already existing) in the NetBox root directory (alongside requirements.txt) and list the netbox-topology-views package:

# echo netbox-topology-views >> local_requirements.txt

Once installed, the plugin needs to be enabled in your configuration.py

# In your configuration.py
PLUGINS = ["netbox_topology_views"]

Then run python3 manage.py collectstatic --no-input

Versions

netbox version	netbox-topology-views version
>= 3.2.0	>= v1.1.0
>= 3.1.8	>= v1.0.0
>= 2.11.1	>= v0.5.3
>= 2.10.0	>= v0.5.0
< 2.10.0	=< v0.4.10

Custom field: coordinates

There is also support for custom fields.

If you create a custom field "coordinates" for "dcim > device" with type "text" and name "coordinates" you will see the same layout every time.

The coordinates can then be provided as: "X;Y"

Configure

If you want to override the default values configure the PLUGINS_CONFIG in your netbox configuration.py.

Example:

PLUGINS_CONFIG = {
    'netbox_topology_views': {
        'device_img': ['router','switch', 'firewall'],
        'preselected_device_roles': ['Router', 'Firewall']
    }
}

Setting	Default value	Description
device_img	['access-switch', 'core-switch', 'firewall', 'router', 'distribution-switch', 'backup', 'storage,wan-network', 'wireless-ap', 'server', 'internal-switch', 'isp-cpe-material', 'non-racked-devices', 'power-units']	The slug of the device roles that you have a image for.
preselected_device_roles	['Firewall', 'Router', 'Distribution Switch', 'Core Switch', 'Internal Switch', 'Access Switch', 'Server', 'Storage', 'Backup', 'Wireless AP']	The full name of the device roles you want to pre select in the global view. Note that this is case sensitive
preselected_intermediate_dev_roles	['Patch-panel']	The full name of the device roles you want to display in the global view when using end-to-end connections mode. Note that this is case sensitive
allow_coordinates_saving	False	(bool) Set to true if you use the custom coordinates fields and want to save the coordinates
ignore_cable_type	['power outlet', 'power port']	The cable types that you want to ignore in the views
preselected_tags	'[]'	The name of tags you want to preload
enable_circuit_terminations	False	(bool) Set to true if you want to see circuit terminations in the topology
draw_default_layout	False	(bool) Set to True if you want to load draw the topology on the initial load (when you go to the topology plugin page)

Custom Images

You upload you own custom images to the netbox static dir (static/netbox_topology_views/img/). These images need to be named after de device role slug and have the .png format/extension. If you add your own image you also need to add the slug to the device_img setting.

Use

Go to the plugins tab in the navbar and click topology or go to $NETBOX_URL/plugins/netbox_topology_views/ to view your topologies

Update

Run pip install netbox-topology-views --upgrade in your venv.

Run python3 manage.py collectstatic --no-input

Clear you browser cache.

Permissions

To view /plugins/topology-views/ you need the following permissions:

• dcim | device | can view device
• dcim | site | can view site
• extras | tag | can view tag
• dcim | device role | can view device role